Buffalo Bill Dam and Visitor Center

Free seasonal visitor center at the Buffalo Bill Dam near Cody, with a short film and a walk across the top of the dam. Public tours of the dam and power plant are not offered.

Ways to visit

About

The visitor center sits at the Buffalo Bill Dam, six miles west of Cody on the road to Yellowstone. Visitors can watch a 15-minute film on building the dam and walk across the top of the dam, looking 280 feet down to the Shoshone River. Admission is free. It is open in summer only; the hours posted covered May 1 to September 30, 2026, so it is closed now.

Getting there

4808 Northfork Highway, Cody, WY, 82414

Six miles west of Cody on the road to Yellowstone. The coordinates are the dam, not the visitor center door.

The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (44.50167, -109.18417). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps

Visitor center (spring-summer): 307-527-6076

Sources

• bbdvc.com · official page · read 2026-10-26For: name; Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: open or closed; Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: what you see; Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: days and hours; Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: cost
• wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q1001… · Wikidata · read 2026-10-26For: location
• bbdvc.com/contact · official page · read 2026-10-26For: street address; phone and email
• bbdvc.com/what-you-need-to-know · official page · read 2026-10-26For: Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: kind of visit; Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: booking; Visitor center, film and walk across the dam: requirements

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